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This week’s set is 1877 Crusader’s Cart.

Crusader’s Cart, part of Variety Pack 1675, was released in 1990. This was the last forestman cart to appear in LEGO castle. The cart carries hay and has a secret compartment to hide a forestman. Two forestmen, a saddle, a pitchfork, a whip, and various weapons are included. Set 1680 is identical to 1877 except it has an additional forestman with a red collar.

This is one of my favorite carts. I love the secret compartment part of it. The perpendicular studs (snot sort of) for the sides is also unique. It was appropriate to have the blue collar driver, but the green peasant fig is over used. I admit the blue colors are bright, but it fits in to the overall use of bright colors in Legoland Castle. Although, I doubt these smuggling forestmen would want to draw attention to a cart they painted bright blue

As Jojo said one of the sets that we only knew about in 2000. Probably the best one from the none 60xx sets (beside 1906). The set included 2 forestman minifigs, one with the green/blue troso which is not that common one. Also a pitchfork and a round shield by the years that those parts were almost extinct.

This is a good set. One of the best done, because you can hide a forestment inside the cart. Plus: this set inlude the pitchfork and the round shield. This is the last set which include the pitchfork and the round shield.

This set was an inspiration to me. When I came across the instructions on Brickshelf, I started thinking hard about SNOT constructions. This set made me go into my "won't ever use them" box and pull out a lot of parts that hadn't seemed very useful before.

So even though I don't own it, I consider it one of the better designed sets.